In the following days, Lu Ning spent his time in his room refining his mental energy and improving his strength.
Yan Bing, who goes out to hunt monsters in the wilderness, only returns once every one or two weeks.
Meanwhile, the three of them, Yann and his companions, who went to gather information, returned every day.
When they returned on the first day, the three of them couldn't help but marvel at how many powerful people there were in the exiled city-state.
The three of them went in three different directions to places that resembled taverns and spiritual energy tempering rooms, where they encountered nearly a hundred saints.
This was only the first day, and they had only explored a small part of the heart of the city.
If so many saints were encountered just like that, one can imagine how many saints there are in the entire Exile City-State. There are probably several thousand, maybe even tens of thousands.
Unfortunately, they were new to humanity, and all the exiles they encountered remained wary of them.
Therefore, the three of them did not encounter anyone they could talk to during the entire day.
Clearly, gathering information will be a long process.
However, there's no rush for Lu Ning.
After all, it will take him a long time to refine his mental strength.
A few days later, Yann and his two companions said they had made friends with the exiles and were able to exchange a few words with them.
About a month later, the three of them said that they needed to go to the wilderness to hunt ferocious beasts with other exiles they knew, and therefore they would be leaving the exile city-state.
After that, only Lu Ning remained in the room.
Lu Ning cultivated steadily every day, but he still ate his three meals a day as usual.
After Lu Ning finished eating the braised pork and hot pot dishes he had previously exchanged, he originally planned to go to the Tower of Ruins to exchange for some more food.
But before heading to the Tower of Ruins, Lu Ning thought of something.
In the living room, his pale spiritual energy surged, and soon braised pork and white rice materialized before his eyes.
Looking at the food in front of him, Lu Ning's eyes showed a pale light.
really……
When he thought about exchanging food at the Tower of Ruins, he realized that he could probably exchange items without going to the Tower of Ruins.
He tried it, and it was just as he had guessed.
He successfully materialized braised pork and white rice in the living room of Yan Bing's room.
Is this a characteristic of the pale light?
So, does that mean I can exchange for anything now?
However, Lu Ning realized that doing so was not actually worthwhile.
Because when exchanging these ordinary meals at the Tower of Ruins, Lu Ning's mental energy consumption was actually very low, almost imperceptible.
However, outside, just exchanging for a serving of braised pork and white rice consumed nearly one-fiftieth of his mental energy.
This cost far exceeds the cost of manifesting it in the Tower of Ruins.
If it's just for stuttering, that's fine, but if it's for manifesting Horcruxes, then the difference is huge.
Lu Ning shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and sat down at the dining table to start eating.
…………
Time flies, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Even though Lu Ning was very close to the ninth rank, he was already a high-level awakener. He still spent half a year refining pure soul crystals every day to reach the limit of the eighth rank.
The bottleneck was no different for Lu Ning than before; it was like a blank sheet of paper that could be easily broken through. He quickly broke through to the ninth level.
After reaching the ninth level, Lu Ning's mental power changed once again.
The spiritual power, which was already as vast as the ocean, began to condense and gradually crystallize from its liquid state.
In the center of Lu Ning's spiritual sea, a pale spiritual crystal condensed.
The quality of the spiritual energy within this spiritual crystal far surpasses that of the original liquid spiritual energy.
Lu Ning clearly felt that his mental strength had increased several times compared to before!
He guessed that as long as he could condense all of his spiritual sea into spiritual crystals, he would probably be able to break through and reach the Saint level.
In addition to a significant improvement in the quality of his mental energy and physical body during this breakthrough, Lu Ning clearly felt a difference from before.
That is, he discovered that his spiritual power seemed to have a vague connection with the Tower of Ruins.
He glanced thoughtfully in the direction of the Tower of Ruins.
The Tower of Return to Ruins seems to be calling to him.
Lu Ning narrowed his eyes, stepped out of the room, and flew towards the location of the Tower of Return to Nothingness.
…………
Soon, Lu Ning arrived at the foot of the Tower of Return to Nothingness.
Looking at the gate of the Tower of Return to the Ruins in the distance, with its pale light curtain gleaming faintly, Lu Ning felt a sense of familiarity.
He strode toward the gate and quickly passed through the light curtain.
The next moment, Lu Ning found himself back in that pale space.
As soon as it appeared, a wisp of pale light floated out and merged into Lu Ning's body.
Lu Ning's spiritual sea surged, and large swathes of spiritual sea condensed into spiritual crystals.
In just a moment, nearly half of Lu Ning's mental sea solidified!
This startled Lu Ning for a moment, then he smiled.
I never expected to receive this pale light.
and……
Lu Ning carefully sensed it and found that his connection with the Tower of Ruins seemed to have become closer, and he could leverage more of the Tower of Ruins' power.
This is likely due to both the improvement in his mental strength and the absorption of the pale light.
As he absorbed the pale light, Lu Ning looked around with anticipation, waiting for a new illusion of time to appear.
However, to Lu Ning's disappointment, no new illusions appeared.
Because the pale space disappeared, Lu Ning reappeared inside the Tower of Ruins.
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